Talk:Rita of Cascia
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Cascia ou Cássia ??????-—Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.154.116.186 (talk • contribs)
patron saint of the town of La Rita, in the state of Zulia, Venezuela. festivities, fair, mass and processions held that day in this town. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.77.170.13 (talk) 00:58, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Saint Rita.jpg
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[edit] Fact-checking of some details needs to be done
Biographical details don't add up: the article says that Rita was married at age 18, that she lived with her abusive husband for 18 years before his murder, and that she then spent some additional years rearing her two sons before their deaths and her requests to enter the convent. However, it also states that she reconciled the feuding families and/or forgave her husband's murderers (a prerequisite for entering the convent) at age 36, or supposedly, in the same year as her husband's murder.
The old Catholic Encyclopedia article on her states that she was married at age 12, not age 18. This would make more sense given the details about the length of her marriage and the years that passed between her husband's murder and her entry into the convent. Marriage of girls at such a young age would not have been unheard-of in the 14th century. 72.83.247.43 (talk) 05:43, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Incorruptibility
Saint Rita is listed on the wiki incorruptibility page as a person who has an incorrupt body. However there is nothing in this article to suggest or source this. A citation should be added discussing her relics or her name should be removed from the incorruptibility list. --Lastentwife (talk) 13:33, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- Should be discussed on the Incorruptibility article. However, if information is found supporting her name on the list, then it should also be added to this article. Nitroblu (talk) 01:08, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] St. Jude
I do not believe St. Jude’s name should appear in the article (previously mentioned under Legacy), as St. Rita is the true patron saint of impossible or lost causes, whereas St. Jude is one of the “patron saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church” and “Hope for the Hopeless”, and generally not considered the patron saint for impossible or lost causes. I have removed his name from the article, unless someone can make a point to put it back in. Nitroblu (talk) 01:24, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
